Hey guys. First a want to say I love the site. I've spent hours upon hours reading and learning. I'm new of course and want to present my issue. I cannot get a decent shave from any of my straights. I'm a year into shaving with sr's and yet to get a shave I would consider half as good as my shavette. Of course I've considered my stropping and technique being the problem. But I've bought 5 brand new razors and took them straight to my face and still have no luck. And they are from good places. West coast, classic shaves and SRD. Every time I start out with a straight and half way through first pass I have to switch to my dovo shavette. I pay attention to angle and pressure and all that good stuff but I've been beaten down trying to get a single great shave. Equipment isn't the problem, I have thousands of dollars in the best you can buy. I just feel like my insanely thick beard is too much for a straight. This surely can't be true right? Any comments will be greatly appreciated.

ps. I'm using professionally honed bokers, dovos, and thiers issard.
thanks